# MS NOW: latest headlines

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- Type: TV network
- Country: United States
- Website: https://ms.now
- About 6.7 headlines a day
- First to report 8% of 25 shared stories (last 36 hours)

Mostly covers: Politics (74%), U.S. (13%), Opinion (11%)

## Latest headlines

- Nov 11, 2026, 8:46 AM: [Why Alina Habba Mildon’s $50 million contract was scrapped after drawing Trump’s ire](<https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/alina-habba-mildon-herrera-trump-pardon-contract>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/1032356.md)
  A lucrative deal collapsed, though the president’s former defense lawyer isn’t walking away empty handed.
- Nov 11, 2026, 8:00 AM: [Democratic power lawyers considering jumping in to help the new Congress](<https://www.ms.now/news/democratic-power-lawyers-considering-jumping-in-to-help-the-new-congress>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/1032357.md)
  With investigations looming, a new House will need qualified lawyers — and there is much chatter among them about who will sign up.
- Nov 11, 2026, 7:51 AM: [Hegseth survives his first impeachment vote — but what about the next one?](<https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-impeachment-house-massie-democrats-republicans>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/988981.md)
  For the beleaguered defense secretary, Tuesday’s vote wasn’t a triumph; it was a reprieve. He’ll likely fare far worse under a Democratic majority.
- Nov 11, 2026, 5:00 AM: [The pollsters who ‘nailed’ 2024 just whiffed on 2026](<https://www.ms.now/opinion/midterm-polls-mississippi-senate-scott-colom>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/857417.md)
  Scott Colom's surprising success in the Mississippi Senate race shows a fundamental problem with political forecasting.
- Nov 11, 2026, 5:00 AM: [Trump’s latest Oval Office order is simply embarrassing](<https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-oval-office-proclamation-landmark>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/857418.md)
  A proclamation naming the Oval Office a historic landmark is odd for a lot of reasons — but it’s clearly meant only to mollify a tantrum-prone president.
- Nov 11, 2026, 5:00 AM: [This Veterans Day, it’s even more important to celebrate American values](<https://www.ms.now/opinion/veterans-day-pete-hegseth-iran-war>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/857419.md)
  Exhausted service members have a right to be confused by the defense secretary’s priorities.
- Nov 11, 2026, 4:00 AM: [Against the odds, Black political power rises on Capitol Hill](<https://www.ms.now/news/congressional-black-caucus-record-size-jeffries-speaker>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/816032.md)
  Washington was bracing for a hit to Black representation in Congress. Instead, the Congressional Black Caucus is welcoming its biggest — and perhaps most influential — class ever.
- Nov 11, 2026, 4:00 AM: [‘The only good thing that happened’: Conservatives double down on trans sports bans](<https://www.ms.now/news/the-only-good-thing-that-happened-conservatives-double-down-on-trans-sports-bans>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/816031.md)
  More than a half dozen conservative leaders and strategists tell MS NOW they plan to push for more ballot measures focused on trans kids in sports after they proved a rare winning issue last week.
- Nov 10, 2026, 10:15 PM: [Tennessee seeks to block Christa Pike’s attorneys from inspecting failed execution drug](<https://www.ms.now/news/tennessee-seeks-block-christa-pikes-attorneys-drug-failed-execution>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/565362.md)
  The request follows a judge's order to preserve evidence in a lawsuit filed by Pike's attorneys and reflects the secrecy surrounding execution drugs.
- Nov 10, 2026, 9:01 PM: [Kennedy family joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s arch over grave site concerns](<https://www.ms.now/news/kennedy-family-joins-lawsuit-challenging-trumps-arch-over-gravesite-concerns>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/522571.md)
  The family argues that the planned 250-foot monument near Arlington National Cemetery would obstruct views of the Kennedy grave sites and the Eternal Flame.
- Nov 10, 2026, 8:21 PM: [White House Cabinet official expected to depart amid Trump staff shake-up after midterm losses](<https://www.ms.now/news/white-house-cabinet-secretary-midterms-staff-departure-changes>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/479407.md)
  Meghan Bauer, who heads the Office of Cabinet Affairs, is expected to depart the White House at the end of the year.
- Nov 10, 2026, 7:46 PM: [Hillary Clinton says Democratic midterm victories have lifted ‘poisonous cloud’ over country](<https://www.ms.now/news/hillary-clinton-says-democratic-midterm-victories-have-lifted-poisonous-cloud-over-country>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/436217.md)
  At an event promoting Rachel Maddow’s new book, “Department of Fate,” Clinton said Democrats’ sweeping victories eased her concerns about challenges to election certification.
- Nov 10, 2026, 6:56 PM: [In a wave of DOJ departures, a call for ‘wartime’ to push Trump’s priorities](<https://www.ms.now/news/in-a-wave-of-doj-departures-a-call-for-wartime-to-push-trumps-priorities>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/395481.md)
  Sources say some high-level officials were pushed out for failing to deliver — now the DOJ plans to pursue cases even more aggressively.
- Nov 10, 2026, 6:34 PM: [Van Hollen calls colleagues as Schumer’s leadership faces questions](<https://www.ms.now/news/van-hollen-schumer-senate-majority-leader-democrats>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/395482.md)
  After a midterm election that sharpened the fight over the direction of the Democratic Party, the Maryland senator is positioning himself as a progressive alternative to Schumer.
- Nov 10, 2026, 6:32 PM: [Trump defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Now Democrats want Huang to testify.](<https://www.ms.now/news/trump-nvidia-jensen-huang-ceo-democrats-investigate>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/395483.md)
  Democrats plan to investigate what President Donald Trump knew and when about China’s alleged spying on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
- Nov 10, 2026, 5:23 PM: [Some Democrats are targeting Jeffries and Schumer. That’s a mistake.](<https://www.ms.now/opinion/jeffries-schumer-house-senate-democrats-vote>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/354088.md)
  If Democrats oust their current House and Senate leaders, they'll snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
- Nov 10, 2026, 5:05 PM: [House Republicans block Hegseth impeachment](<https://www.ms.now/news/house-republicans-block-hegseth-impeachment>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/314467.md)
  House GOP leaders were narrowly able to kill the impeachment resolution — at least for the time being.
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:53 PM: [Biden’s new memoir reveals uncharacteristically kind letter from Trump](<https://www.ms.now/news/biden-memoir-trump-letter>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/314468.md)
  President Donald Trump’s letter, revealed in former President Joe Biden’s forthcoming memoir, “Promise Me, America,” was given to Biden during his first week in office in 2021.
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:40 PM: [House Oversight GOP finds ‘multiple shortcomings’ in DOJ’s Epstein files release](<https://www.ms.now/news/house-oversight-gop-finds-multiple-shortcomings-in-dojs-epstein-files-release>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/314469.md)
  The new report details findings from the panel’s probe, with recommendations for the Justice Department. Blanche has indicated the DOJ has fulfilled its obligations.
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:38 PM: [Former Trump campaign aide sued over alleged foreign payments](<https://www.ms.now/news/news-analysis/alex-bruesewitz-qatar-tester-palantir-utah-kalshi-bronx-nvidia>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/314470.md)
  Plus, Jon Tester joins Palantir, Utah’s governor goes after Kalshi, Elon Musk’s Cybertruck will soon cease production and more — all in this week’s Tuesday Tech Drop.
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:30 PM: [Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 11.10.26](<https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/huang-nvidia-gooden-trump-family-ebola-trump-iran>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/314471.md)
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:23 PM: [Appeals court limits DOJ search of journalists’ source records in leak probe](<https://www.ms.now/news/appeals-court-limits-doj-search-of-journalists-source-records-in-leak-probe>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/267091.md)
  The federal appeals court ruling comes as the Trump administration has aggressively targeted reporters’ records across multiple leak investigations.
- Nov 10, 2026, 3:53 PM: [Sanders, Slotkin won’t back Schumer for Senate Democratic leader](<https://www.ms.now/news/sanders-slotkin-wont-back-schumer-for-senate-democratic-leader>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/267092.md)
  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ruled out supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer for another term, while Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said she would withhold her vote until she sees a “concrete plan.”
- Nov 10, 2026, 3:49 PM: [John Thune, other leaders re-elected to represent Senate Republicans in minority](<https://www.ms.now/news/john-thune-senate-republican-leader-bernie-moreno-nrsc>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/267093.md)
  Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, will become the new chair of the Senate GOP’s fundraising arm, the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
- Nov 10, 2026, 3:14 PM: [Democrats want to end the Iran war. It’s easier said than done.](<https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-iran-war-democrats-challenges>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/229257.md)
  Extracting the U.S. from a foolish, misbegotten war proves as difficult to accomplish today as it was 20 years ago.
- Nov 10, 2026, 2:57 PM: [Transgender sports ban could keep Supreme Court out of wrestling case](<https://www.ms.now/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/transgender-sports-supreme-court-wrestling-case-midterm>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/229258.md)
  Washington state officials cited the impending certification of a ballot initiative passed in the midterm elections.
- Nov 10, 2026, 2:44 PM: [Republicans reward failure, back Jim Jordan as the next House GOP leader](<https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jim-jordan-house-minority-leader-republicans-congress>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/229259.md)
  In 2021, former House Speaker John Boehner described Jordan as a political “terrorist.” In 2026, Republicans gave him a new label: House minority leader.
- Nov 10, 2026, 2:20 PM: [Conservative influencers warn of the rampant corruption that Democrats will uncover](<https://www.ms.now/news/news-analysis/trump-corruption-white-house-influencers-cernovich-fuentes-democrats>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/174889.md)
  With corruption being a primary concern for voters in the midterms, these accusations — some coming from figures with close ties to high-profile people in Trump’s orbit — are notable.
- Nov 10, 2026, 2:14 PM: [U.S. Army soldier arrested in England, suspected of espionage linked to Russia](<https://www.ms.now/news/u-s-army-soldier-arrested-suspected-of-spying-linked-to-russia>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/174890.md)
  The 41-year-old senior U.S. soldier is suspected of assisting a foreign intelligence service and obtaining or disclosing protected information, officials said.
- Nov 10, 2026, 2:08 PM: [Scott Colom says Democrats must rethink strategy in the South](<https://www.ms.now/news/scott-colom-democrat-mississippi-senator-election-certification>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/174891.md)
  As the election certification deadline looms, the Democrat told MS NOW he was “confident” he’d be heading to Washington “very soon” as Mississippi’s next senator.
- Nov 10, 2026, 1:45 PM: [Trump seemed to accept the results on election night. But the election denial machinery never stopped.](<https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-election-denial-project-47>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/174892.md)
  Republicans are fighting in two states to throw out ballots and block certification.
- Nov 10, 2026, 1:37 PM: [Jim Jordan, a hard-charging Trump ally, wins race to become House Republican leader](<https://www.ms.now/news/jim-jordan-house-republican-leader-steve-scalise>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/174893.md)
  Jordan’s win puts him at the center of Washington for the next two years as House Republicans pick up the pieces following last week’s crushing election losses.
- Nov 10, 2026, 1:30 PM: [If the U.S. loses its measles elimination status, will the Trump administration care?](<https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/measles-cdc-kennedy-trump-administration-schwartz-elimination-status>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/134966.md)
  In 2024 the total number of measles cases in the U.S. was 283. This year it’s 5,182 — and counting.
- Nov 10, 2026, 1:01 PM: [Blue Wave, Yellow Submarine](<https://www.ms.now/news/news-analysis/blue-wave-yellow-submarine>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/134967.md)
- Nov 10, 2026, 12:02 PM: [Pete Hegseth tries and fails to present a compelling defense ahead of impeachment vote](<https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-impeachment-press-conference-massie-congress-public-relations-campaign>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/89382.md)
  The defense secretary is clearly in the midst of an aggressive public relations campaign intended to save his job. It’s not going especially well.
- Nov 10, 2026, 11:49 AM: [Mika Brzezinski rips Pete Hegseth’s ‘desperate attempt to save his job’](<https://www.ms.now/news/pete-hegseth-briefing-impeachment-trump-desperate>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/89383.md)
  As calls for Hegseth’s impeachment continue to grow, the “Morning Joe” co-host tore into the defense secretary for his “embarrassing” press conference on Tuesday morning.
- Nov 10, 2026, 10:59 AM: [Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 11.10.26: Recount begins in Miami-area congressional race](<https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/salazar-miami-california-billionaires-tax-calvert-manchin-tpusa>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/48952.md)
  Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
- Nov 10, 2026, 10:33 AM: [Trump’s media company finds customers seeking special access to president’s posts](<https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-media-truth-api-customers-congress-democrats-investigation>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7306.md)
  The controversial “Truth API” initiative is generating revenue for the president’s company. But for how long?
- Nov 10, 2026, 10:00 AM: [MAHA stands by Russell Brand following rape sentence](<https://www.ms.now/news/maha-stands-by-russell-brand-following-rape-sentence>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7307.md)
  A day after the actor and RFK Jr. ally was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison, MAHA’s official newsletter published a 3,700-word post questioning his conviction.
- Nov 10, 2026, 9:58 AM: [Why a ‘doable’ bipartisan deal on immigration could happen, but won’t](<https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-immigration-bipartisan-deal-democrats-stephen-miller>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7308.md)
  In 2018, Stephen Miller derailed a bipartisan breakthrough on immigration. Nearly nine years later, he again stands in the way of progress.
